@JamesAkers@expressional.social
2026-07-10 05:08 UTC
Today was mainly a work day for the students- and for me-
I got the bombarder table in place, and the bombarder coil wired into the tiny, very short trolley line system. I do hope they are able to lengthen it one day by suspending the aluminum frame from the roof.
Check the image captions alt text to see details on each photo.
The turquoise tube is for Tommy's Diner. I am gonna ride my bike to the studio, grab the neon and walk over to the diner to meet my students for breakfast, coffee and a neon install demo at the diner. FUN!
Tomorrow the students will bombard- everyone has done it once or twice now, some students are amassing a few tubes to be bombarded and filled.
I hope they get to make more tomorrow and am really excited about some of their designs. I taught the students #inkscape and we have been getting them printed to scale as blueprints at copy shops.
#teaching #traveling #columbus #alttext #class #neon #bombarding #training #craft #ohio #glass #art #diner #repair
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@JamesAkers@expressional.social 2026-07-13 04:04
Some shots of student work, Liesl Schubel, has a show coming up at OSU and has been working on a series of buckets, co showing with an artist making work about water. Liesl and some of the other students wanted to see some circle demos and they quickly developed a knack for making them. The orange is from the old green pumped neon- a nice orange with and Ar+Hg handle. Another student, Corinne stayed more free form with this 3D #neon and mercury scribbly doodle. #ohio #students #bucket #class